Carton



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' CARTON Filed Oct. 28, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet l May 26, 1942.

E. C. FRESH WATERS CARTON 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Oct. 28, 1940 Patented May 26, 1942 CARTON Edison C. Freshwaters, Milwaukee, Wis., assignor to Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin Application October 28, 1940, S crial No. 363,125

' 2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in cartons and refers particularly to paperboard cartons of the type now generally used in the sale of bottled beer and other beverages.

Cartons of this type, to facilitate handling, are

provided with hand holes in theiropposite end walls. These hand holes are so formed that they are but partially cut through, or in other words, they are in the nature of punch-ins hinged along the top edge.

This construction provides some assurance against tearing at the hand holes as it reinforces the top edge of the hole where the lifting force is applied, but it gives no protection against tearing as a result of an outward pull on the end walls.

Reinforcement of the'end walls to overcome this objection by providing added thickness suggested itself. Consequently, it has been the custom in the past when added strength was necessary, to glue or staple an additional layer of cardboard or paperboard to the inside of the end walls adjacent to the hand holes. This manner of providing reinforcement for the end walls of the carton, however, increases the cost of the carton and entails additional assembling operations.

It is, therefore, an object of this invention to provide a new and improved manner of reinforcing the end walls of cartons of this type which does not entail additional assembling operations and wherein the reinforcing is applied simultaneously with the insertion of the partitions with which cartons of this. type are equipped.

More specifically it is an object of this invention to provide reinforcement for the end 'walls of a carton of the character described which constitutes a part of one ofthe partitions so that its provision entails no additional assembling cost.

Another object of this invention is to provide reinforcing of the character described, which because of its novel formation, precludes waste of material.

A further object of this invention resides in the provision of reinforcing for the end walls of a carton'so desi ned that a partthereof is confined between the instruck flap of the hand hole and the undersurface of the topwall of the carton so that lifting force places said portion in compression and. transmits the lifting force to the top wall of the carton to distribute the same more uniformly.

will appear as the description proceeds, this invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter described, and more particularly defined by the appended claims, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the hereindisclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claims.

The accompanying drawings illustrate two complete examples of the physical embodiment of the invention constructed in accordance with the best modes so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a conventional paperboard carton of the type used for the sale of bottled beer and other beverages with a part thereof broken away to illustrate the application of this invention thereto;

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail sectional view through one of the hand holes;

Figurefi is a perspective view illustrating one manner of forming the reinforcing as part of one of the partitions; and

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 illustrating another manner of forming the combined partition and reinforcing.

Referring now particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which like'numerals indicate like parts, the numeral 5 designates generally a paperboardcarton of the type used in the sale of bottled beer and other beverages.

As is customary, these cartons are made of corrugated paperboard and have end and side walls 6 and '7, respectively, extending up from the bottom and a top wall formed by gluing side flaps 8 down onto end flaps 9.

The end walls 6 are provided with hand holes l0 made -by cutting through the material along the bottom and ends of the hole. This leaves a flap or punch-in adapted to be pushed in and. folded up to provide a smooth rounded grip to which the lifting force is applied as illustrated in Figure 2.

Within the carton is a series of interlocked partitions which divide the carton into a plu- With the above and other objects in view which rality of separated pockets or compartments each designed to receive a single bottle. To facilitate lifting the bottles from the open carton and also to conserve material these partitions are approximately half the height of the carton.

They consist, as is customary, of a plurality of longitudinal paperboard sheets H and a plurality of transverse paperboard sheets l2 interlocked in the customary manner by slots cut half way through each. The length of the longitudinal sheets II is suflicient to. span the distance between the end walls while the tr erse partition sheets I! span the distance betwee the side walls 'I. Y

One of the longitudinal partitions sheets II is formed in a novel manner and constitutes part of a combined partition and reinforcingunit.

One form of this unit, as illustrated in Figure 3, consists of a sheet or blank of paperboard divided by score marks I; into a mid-section H and end sections l5.

The mid-section ll serves as one of the longitudinal partitions and is of the same height as the rest of the partitions. The end sections it,

however, are substantially the same height as,

the carton. N

After assembly of the partitions the end sections I! are folded on the score marks II to positions substantially at right angles to the midsection so as a lie flat against the end walls of the carton andprovide a reinforcing lining therefor.

By virtue of the fact that, these end sections are substantially the same 'height as the carton,

4 their top edges engage the undersurface of the Y adjacent end flaps 9 to transmit lifting force to the cover. Hand holes Ii are, of course, cut into the end sections to align with the hand holes ill of the carton, and as illustrated in Figure 2, when the flaps formed by punching in the hand holes are folded up, they engage over the upper edges of the holes I. That portion of the reinforcing end sections l5 lying above the hand holes I6 is thus placed in compression by lifting forceapplied at the hand holes.

By making the partitions half the height of the s The material ll of the blank above the mid--v section It forms the major portion of the end sections when the insert is in place, and as these portions are long enough to reach across the ends of the longitudinal partitions and engage the far side wall of the carton; proper location of the reinforcing linings is assured.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be readily apparent that this invention provides What 1 claim a 1. In a carton having opposite upright wail s one pair of which is provided with hand holes. and having a top wall sealing the carton formed by gluing flaps 'on opposite upright carton walls down onto each other: a loose readily replaceable unitary partition structure for the carton of less height than the carton comprising, a plurality of partition members substantially parallel to said pair of opposite upright walls and a plurality of other partition members substantially perpendicular to said pair of opposite upright walls and interconnected with the parallel partition members to form a plurality of upright pockets of less height than the carton for the carton contents, one of said perpendicular partition members comprising a sheet of paperboard of substantially the same height as the height of the interior of the carton but longer than the distance'between said pair of upright walls of the carton, said sheet of paperboard being so ant and scored as to divide the same into an exceedingly simple but efiective manner of reinforcing paperboard cartons of the character described at their hand holes, and that the manner in which the reinforcing is obtained in nowise complicates or increases the cost of assem: bly of-the carton.

a midsection substantially of the same height as the remaining partition members and two end sections, the major portions of which are formed by the material of the sheet above the midsection, said end sections being folded to positions substantially at right angles to the midsection to lie flat against said pair of opposite upright walls of the carton substantially along their entire height, and said end sections having hand holes therein-registering with the hand holes of said pair of opposite upright walls.

2. In a carton having opposite uprightwalls connected by a bottom wall and having a top wall sealing the carton formed by gluing flaps on opposite upright carton walls down onto each other, one pair of opposite upright walls being provided with hand holes: a loose readily replaceable unitary partition structure for the car- 'to'n'of ,less height than the carton comprising, a plurality of intersecting interconnected partition members defining upright individual pockets of less height than the carton for the reception of the carton contents, one of the partition members extending between said pair of opposite walls and having a medial portion of the same height as the remaining partition members, said partition member being formed of a sheet of paperboard having greater' length than the distance between said pair of upright carton walls to provide end flaps folded at an angle to said partition member on vertical bend lines directly adjacent to said pair of upright walls whereby the end flaps lie flat against said pair of upright walls, said end flaps having a height substantially equal to the height of said pair of upright-walls whereby the top edges of the end flaps are contiguous to the undersurface of the top wall of the carton, and said end flaps having hand holes registering with the hand holes of said pair of upright carton walls.

EDISON C. FRESHWATERS. 

